📅2001 Classification(England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
📅2011 Classification(England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1
📅2021 ClassificationSmaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city RSN1
Deprivation Index(IMD)
IMD England — Index of Multiple Deprivation
Measures deprivation across income, employment, health, education, crime, housing, barriers to housing and services, and living environment.
30097
Rank out of 32,844 LSOAs in England
1 - Most deprivedLeast deprived
Rank 30097 out of 32,844 lower layer super output areas in England. N/A for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland as this postcode is in England.
Demographics(LSOA 2021 context)
Ethnicity
Total residents: 1,637
White Brit.93.8%
Other White1.5%
White Irish1.4%
+ other · 3.2%
Religion
Total residents: 1,644
Christian54.1%
No religion37.4%
Not answered6.3%
+ other · 2.1%
Age groups
Total residents: 1,641
50–6427.2%
35–4916.0%
65–7413.3%
75–848.8%
25–347.7%
+ 6 other age groups · 27.0%
Households
Total households: 669
Married or civil partnership couple: Dependent children18.7%
All members 66+17.0%
Married or civil partnership couple: No children14.5%
Any member 66+13.6%
Married or civil partnership couple: All children non-dependent9.1%
+ 8 other households · 27.1%
Sun & Time Information
🌅
5:55 AM
Sunrise
🌇
6:20 PM
Sunset
☀️ 10 hours 28 minutes of daylight today
🌅Sunrise (today)5:55 AM
🌇Sunset (today)6:20 PM
⏱️Daylight duration10 hours 28 minutes
🕐Time zoneGMT / BST (UTC +0 / +1)
Postcode History
📅
January 1980
First Introduced
Active from
⛔
Not terminated
Usage Ended
Terminated
⏳
~46 years
Active Duration
1980 → Present
January 1980 — Introduced
Postcode MK45 2AJ introduced by Royal Mail.
2001 — Census Classification
2001 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Town and Fringe – less sparse: OA falls within the Town and Fringe category and the wider surrounding area is less sparsely populated 6
2011 — Reclassified
2011 Rural/Urban Classification: (England/Wales) Rural town and fringe D1. IMD England rank: 30097
2021 — Census Update
2021 Census classification: Smaller rural: Nearer to a major town or city RSN1. LSOA E01017419 and MSOA E02003606 assigned.
Present — Active
Postcode MK45 2AJ is currently active and in use.
📅First introducedJanuary 1980
⛔Usage endedNot terminated
📆Active duration~46 years
ℹ️Current statusLive
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